International Awards

Women in Business Scholarship (formerly JMK)
Young Women in Leadership Award
Amelia Earhart Fellowship
Women in Technology
Women in STEM Scholarship

District 16 Awards

Women in Business Scholarship (formerly JMK)
Young Women in Leadership Award
Amelia Earhart Fellowship
District 16 Zonta Women of Achievement
Zonta Woman of the Biennium
Zonta District 16 Cherry Raymond Award

In District 16 (New Zealand) the Women in Business Scholarship recipient receives $NZ1000-00 in addition to the amounts funded by the Zonta International Foundation.

Women in Business Scholarships are made possible through investment income generated by an original Klausman bequest, and by generous contributions from Zontians, Zonta clubs and friends of Zonta. The award name was changed from Jane M. Klausman Women in Business to Women in Business in 2024.

In District 16 (New Zealand) the Women in Business Scholarship is supported by Craigs Investment Partners and the recipient receives $1000 NZD in addition to the amounts funded by the Zonta International Foundation.

For more information and an application please contact our 2022-2024 Women in Business Chair, Sue Hope: suehopeconsult@gmail.com.

Amelia Earhart Award

Aerospace-Related Sciences and Engineering

Today, women remain a distinct minority in science and engineering, representing approximately 10 percent of professionals in these fields. The Amelia Earhart Fellowship program helps talented women, pursuing advanced studies in the typically male-dominated fields of aerospace-related sciences and engineering, achieve their educational goals.

The Fellowship enables these women to invest in state-of-the-art computers to conduct their research, purchase expensive books and resource materials, and participate in specialised studies around the globe. Amelia Earhart Fellows have gone on to become astronauts, aerospace engineers, astronomers, professors, geologists, business owners, heads of companies, even Secretary of the US Air Force.

Since 1938 and the program’s inception, Zonta has awarded 1,438 Amelia Earhart Fellowships, totalling US$8.6 million, to 1,014 women from 70 countries. Since 1996 there have been 35-40 awards annually, now worth $US10,000. Amelia Earhart Fellowships are made possible by generous contributions to the Zonta International Foundation Amelia Earhart Fellowship Fund.

Past recipients: 2012 & 2013 – Zerrin Turkeli-Ramadan and 2016 Maedeh Amirpourmolla
For more information about Zerrin Turkeli-Ramadan and Maedeh Amirpourmolla Zonta International Amelia Earhart Fellowship Details.

For more information and an application please contact our 2022-2024 Amelia Earhart Chair, Irene King: irene@ireneking.nz

Women in STEM Scholarship

The Zonta International Women in STEM Scholarship encourages women to pursue education, career opportunities and leadership roles in STEM fields.

Women are still underrepresented in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. The Zonta International Women in STEM Scholarship is designed to support women who have decided on a career path in the STEM subjects.

The program operates at the Zonta club, district/region and international levels. Each Zonta district/region may submit one applicant for consideration for an international scholarship. A single candidate from each of Zonta’s 31 districts and one region will receive an award of US$5,000 from Zonta International.

Women studying in the second year of an undergraduate program through the final year of a master’s program are eligible for this award.

Information and the application form can be found on the international website: https://www.zonta.org/Web/Programs/Education/Women_in_STEM_Scholarship

Alternatively, for more information and an application please contact the 2022-2024 Women in STEM Chair, Nicola Schreurs: N.M.Schreurs@massey.ac.nz

Zonta Woman of the Biennium

This Biennial Award recognises an outstanding New Zealand woman, whose contribution to the lives of women and girls in the New Zealand community epitomises the values and aspirations of Zonta International.

New Zealand recipient announced and presented at D16 Biennial Conference. (Note: criteria for this Award has changed in 2008)

New Zealand recipient announced and presented at D16 Biennial Conference.

Zonta District 16 Cherry Raymond Award

This Biennial Award recognises the Zonta Club of the District which has the best service or advocacy project for the Biennium.

Cherry Raymond Zonta International District 16 has established a permanent Award in memory of Cherry Raymond, Regional Representative 1972-1974, who established Zonta International in New Zealand and was subsequently elected Governor District 16 from 1990-1992. Cherry was a charter member of the Zonta Club on Auckland, and a committed advocate for women’s rights and gender equality. The members of the Zonta Club of Auckland initiated the establishment of this Award in her memory, and it was approved by the District 16 Conference in 2007.

It will be granted to a Zonta International District 16 Club that has successfully undertaken a service and/or advocacy activity in their area that is considered by the District 16 Board to epitomise the Zonta mission of advancing the status of women.

The Club that receives this Award may exclusively use the by-line:
“Zonta International District 16 Cherry Raymond Award Recipient 2022 – 2024”

For more information and the Application Form  Cherry Raymond Award Application